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Homelander vs DC in This Week's Singles FOC! 🔥
The single issues newsletter is BACK!!I can’t express how happy I am to be back with you after a few weeks off.It’s been a really rough beginning of the year, personally, and nothing can fix this as well as some really delicious FOC.Really, there’s nothing I love more than this little... more »
Read More in 2026? Easy With This Week's FOC!
Let me start this newsletter with a big Happy New Year to you all!Hope you had a lovely time, and are ready to jump back into my world of bad jokes and good comics.So, bad jokes. Here at Walt’s Comic Shop, we know the importance and permanence of New Year’s Resolutions. You know them... more »
Welcome To The First Graphic Novel NL of 2026!
Happy new year!Or happy new month! Or happy new day! I hope you’ve started January off well!I almost did, but then Walt sat me down to announce that he won’t bring me any unsolicited magnets from his vacations anymore. There was an Awkward Pause. I kept a nonchalant poker face, but... more »
In Love’s Key, Reprised - Manga Recommendation
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The standalone volume by mangaka Guri Nojiro, from whom “A Beast’s Love Is Like the Moon” has already been released on the US market, was published in Japan from July 2021 to May 2022 under the original title “Kurikaeshi Ai no Ot” in the boys’ love magazine ihr... more »
A Banned Book And More On This Week's FOC! 🤯
Christmas is overAnd whether you believe in Santa or not, I truly hope someone had the decency to get you a gift.Or better: comics.So let’s pretend you and I are currently buried under new books, wrapped in blankets, sipping hot chocolate (tea is not a comic-reading drink, sorry). Ready to survive the... more »
This Last Big Books NL Is Huge (Like The Books)! 👀
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HELLO THERE…and welcome to this year’s last instalment of the newsletter about the BIGGEST books in our warehouse. Books so big they turn shelves into expositions, expositions into libraries, libraries into museums! It is said that if you gather enough of these books, a ticket booth is... more »
Santa Packed The Boxes. We Packed This Week's FOC! 🎅
Ho Ho Holy Smokes why did I ever agree to write the newsletter for the Christmas week?‘Twas the night before Christmas at Walt’s comic shop,The team was abuzz – no chance yet to stop;Boxes were packed and stacked wall to wall,Full of comics and care, bagged, boarded, and all;Amid all... more »
TOP 50 Best-Selling Single Issues in November 2025
Single Issue Bestsellers & Chart Notes(Commentary by Walt)Welcome to the November ’25 sales numbers for single issues!These sales are counted up to December 10, which is when most pullboxes invoiced for the previous month have been paid off — and thus officially turned into sales. Also,... more »
Urasawa Fanclub Roll Call And Other Manga FOC You Cannot Miss This Week! 🐺🌀🐒
3 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?Hello fellow Manga readers,2026 is closing in fast and although I always get emotional at the end of the year, I have the best medicine for that now: 3 amazing manga that you and I can be excited for in 2026 (and that are on FOC... more »
Spider-Man #33, But Make It Gigantic And Other FOC's You Shouldn't Miss This Week! 🕷️
5 Highlights from this Week's FOCWHAT SHOULD YOU NOT MISS THIS WEEK?The year is almost over!Everything is slowing down, but we here at Walt’s are still very much all in the action(Says the guy eating ice cream and writing about Spider-Man while my colleagues in Berlin are probably packing... more »